Overlord: Start from the Goblin Lair.

Chapter 214 Ratman Ambush

Before Driver could finish his words, a strong wind suddenly hit from the top of the cave. If Sylvia's staff had not rolled up a cloud of magical darkness that caused the attacker to deviate from his intended position, he would have had to pray that Victoria's resurrection spell could pull him up in time.

In this variant of the dark magic, everyone except Sylvia became blind. The pitch-black darkness not only made the attackers lose the ability to continue attacking and escaping, but also made it difficult for Ron and others to launch an effective counterattack. In this situation, the only one they could rely on was Sylvia.

Fortunately, the vampire mage will not let them down.

"Wither!" With a heart-pounding magical wave that suddenly appeared and disappeared in an instant, the darkness around Ron receded like a tide. When he looked in the direction of Sylvia, the end of her cane pierced into the attacker's heart like a sword, but the condition of the deceased showed that the cause of death was by no means due to this fatal physical injury.

The attacker had a lean body and sparse hair, and his half-human, half-rat appearance made it difficult for outsiders to accurately distinguish his gender characteristics, not to mention that Sylvia's withering technique had drained all the moisture from his body. In just over ten seconds, he turned from a lively and fierce assassin into a shriveled and skinny corpse.

Next to the rat man's hands, two shining daggers were scattered. The faint light flickering on them made Ron's heart palpitate - these were a pair of magical weapons. If he had really been stabbed by such a weapon just now...

"It's a ratman indeed," Driver bared his teeth, reaching out to pick up the two daggers and putting them on his waist. "It's outrageous, even I can't get such a good weapon, but it can have two at the same time!"

Although the goblin hunter holds a strong acid gem and the weapon in his hand can be considered a magic weapon, there are still some differences between it and a real magic weapon.

"Ordinary weapons can hardly cause substantial damage to them. This kind of magic weapon should be a necessity for them." Sylvia stepped on the dried corpse of the rat man and pulled out the cane with force.

Her cane was stuck inside the body that had been drained of water. Fortunately, there was only this one ratman nearby, otherwise she would have temporarily lost her combat effectiveness.

"Hey, Driver, can you give me one of your daggers? I remember you are not used to using two daggers."

Facing the hand that Sylvia extended, Driver shook his head like a rattle, "No! You're a spellcaster, what do you want a dagger for? Even though I'm not used to dual wielding, I can still use it!"

"Tsk, you stingy guy," Sylvia curled her lips, "If we meet ratmen again, you won't get any of the spoils!"

"You two are so relaxed." Ron touched the back of his neck with lingering fear. It was still a little cold there. He took out a handful of talcum powder and a small amount of silver powder from his backpack. As he chanted, a world that was normally unobservable slowly unfolded before him.

After seeing through the invisibility, he will be able to see all invisible creatures and objects normally in the next hour. At the same time, he will be able to observe the etheric plane, and everything in it will appear in Ron's field of vision in a ghostly translucent form.

Including the double-digit number of nightshade hounds that Sylvia "adopted".

"The cave became crowded in an instant." Ron grinned and subconsciously tried to avoid the hound running in front of him, but the hound went straight through his body. After all, it was not actually in the cave.

"Do you need me and Sylvia?" Victoria asked, "I can also cast the invisibility spell. It's always good to have a few more pairs of eyes." "We don't have so many materials in reserve," Ron checked his backpack, "Although the spell can last for a full hour, we have no idea about the scale of this cave, so it's better to keep some backup plans."

"Not having that many materials" is a euphemism. In fact, they only brought two sets of materials for seeing through invisibility just in case. Silver powder can be used from other spell materials, but there is no good way to replenish talcum powder.

"Let's move forward slowly, so as to reduce the possibility of being ambushed," Ivy suggested, "Drivedo, don't retreat, hurry up and explore the way ahead!"

"Ah, ratman." The goblin hunter pouted and came over reluctantly. Ratmen like to ambush. There must be a lot of traps along the way. He has a lot to do.

After walking for a while, Sera looked at the goblin in the front, whose face was almost touching the ground. Suddenly, a question popped up in her mind: "Drivedo, don't you have your friends? Why don't you let them come out to explore the way?"

"We are facing ratmen," Driver took out his newly acquired dagger and carefully disarmed the trap in front of him. He said casually, "Although they are not shapeshifting creatures, as beastmen, they can switch back and forth between humanoid and rat-like giant rat forms, and they are naturally close to rats."

"They might be able to detect my rat group and turn against them or blend in. We can't take that risk."

"As for Dabai, it's too conspicuous. There are only ordinary gray rats here, and it will be exposed immediately."

Dabai crawled out from his clothes, showing his little head, and twitched his beard, making a "squeaking" sound to express his approval.

"Okay, there shouldn't be any more traps ahead," Driver stood up and stretched his body. The lower half of the body from before was hanging on this trap, which forced him to put more energy into preventing the trap from being triggered again. "I'm so tired. Come here quickly. There seems to be a cliff ahead. There's not even a rope in sight. I don't know how those ratmen got through."

The goblin hunter was right. When Ron and the others caught up, an unknown force cut the path ahead into two parts. There were no traces of ropes or bridges on either side of the cliff, but there were obvious footprints of ratmen on the muddy soil on the opposite side. The path leading to their lair did extend deeper.

"Do they have strong jumping ability?" Ivy measured the distance between the two sides. "If I take off my armor and shield, I should be able to jump over directly."

"Just because you can do it doesn't mean everyone can do it," Sylvia glanced at her, then grabbed Driver's collar. Just now, the goblin hunter was frantically trying to fall off the cliff. "Are you crazy? It would be a miracle if you can jump over with your short legs, you know that?"

"We have to try anyway," the goblin hunter struggled in the dhampir's hand. He suddenly remembered something, "Ron, do you have a spell that can enhance your jumping ability? I remember you used that to dodge the attack of the manticore before."

"Leaping," Ron remembered after being reminded by Driver, "It can increase my jumping ability to three times in a short period of time. There will be no problem crossing here!"

(End of this chapter)